Terminology / Definitions
When you do not obtain consent, and you continue to transport a mentally competent patient to the hospital due to an internal injury. What does this constitute?
What is False Imprisonment
What is 0.2L converted to mL?
200mL
during assessment you note a high-pitched, musical sound on inspiration. You recognize this as stridor, which indicates
What is stridor
What is the dose of Nitro for a cardiac Chest pain patient.
0.4mg
The middle muscular layer of the heart
what is the myocardium
Consent based on the seriousness of the injury
What is implied consent
Why would you tap the neck of an ampule?
If medication is stuck.
the most common cause of airway obstruction in an unresponsive patient?
What is the tongue
If you administer 250mL of saline via IV over 4 hours with a drip factor of 10 drops/mL, how many drops per minute do you need to administer?
10 gtts/min
a substance that can absorb or donate hydrogen ions.
What is a buffer
Term regarding above the ventricles
What is supraventricular
Convert 180lbs to kg
82kg
During your pre-intubation assessment, you visualize the vocal cords. The space between the true vocal cords is known as
What is the Glottis
A patient takes 500 mg of a medication that has a half-life of 2 hours. How much medication will be in the patient's body after 6 hours?
62.5mg
A response to emotional shock or stress, sympathetic nervous system stimulation causes what?
What is vasoconstriction
The meaning of adduction
Moving an extremity towards the midline of the body
What is the MOA of ACE inhibitors?
To block the conversion of angiotensin I to II
The abnormal respiratory pattern is classically associated with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)?
What is Kussmauls
You are about to administer 12.5mg of Ketamine to a geriatric patient in pain. You have a 500mg/10mL vial. How many mL of medication will you need to draw up?
.25ml
The olfactory nerve (CN I) is responsible for:
What is smell
The strength of myocardial contraction refers to?
Nebulizing this drug at 8-10 LPM causes Broncho dilation
Albuterol
the amount of gas inhaled or exhaled from a person's lungs in one breath
Tidal Volume
You have administered 1 mg of a drug to a patient. This is equivalent to:
1000 Micrograms
solvent from an area of low solute concentration to one of high concentration
Osmosis
The SA node is referred to as what?
The primary pacemaker
Nebulizing this drug at 8-10 LPM tightens blood vessels and widens smooth muscles in the airway
What is Epi
Most effective and basic way of managing an airway obstruction of and unresponsive patient after jaw thrust while being bagged?
What is an OPA
You need to give a patient 1L of saline over 2 hours. You have 10 gtts/min tubing. How many gtts/min will you need?
83
offers an easy-to-remember approach to analyzing a patient's chief complaint.
What is OPQRST